ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT (ORGLD)
ORGLD 101 - INTRODUCTION TO LEADERSHIP FOR THE ADULT LEARNER
Prerequisite: None
As an introductory course specific to non-traditional undergraduate students who are currently in the workforce and looking to take the next step in their careers, this course focuses on the nature and characteristics of leadership across a range of professions and contexts. Students will use personal work and life experiences as examples to analyze various information on leadership to determine effective practices. The course will include classic and contemporary leadership theories and encourage students to develop their own leadership philosophy based on those theories and their personal work and life experiences.
Credit: 3
ORGLD 301 - METHODS OF TEACHING ADULTS
Prerequisite: None
This course is intended to provide students with the opportunity to discover methods, presentation techniques, and digital resources that may be used to develop and facilitate different types of adult learning experiences. Exploring, discussing, and reflecting on the benefits and limitations of bias-free instructional techniques designed for the adult learner in different modalities will be emphasized. Students will adopt a philosophical position and design and implement effective learning opportunities that reflect adult learning theoretical foundations.
Credit: 3
ORGLD 305 - MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON ADULTHOOD
Prerequisite: None
This course is intended to introduce and familiarize students with the concept of multicultural psychology. The course will address issues of human diversity theory and research that are emphasized by the American Psychological Association, including age, gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, language, and SES. The course will also encompass issues related to identity, oppression, bias, acculturation, and workplace diversity, as well as research methodologies utilized to promote greater understanding.
Credit: 3
ORGLD 307 - PROGRAM PLANNING FOR ADULT SERVICE AGENCIES
Prerequisite: ORGLD 305
This course presents methods for the identification of service-learning needs in the adult population in the students’ local community. Program planning strategies will be explored and applied by students to a service-learning project. A focus on service learning will equip students with the skills needed to work with a support agency community adult learning needs.
Credit: 3
ORGLD 403- ASSESSMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Prerequisite: Junior/Senior Status
This course focuses on assessment strategies applicable to workforce development programs in various fields and contexts. Non-traditional students will analyze theories, practices, techniques, and tools to determine effective practices. The course will include classic and contemporary theories, and encourage students to develop their own skills and resources using these theories and their own previous work and life experiences.
Credit: 3
ORGLD 405 - DESIGNING ADULT LEARNING
Prerequisite: MIS 221
This course separately investigates the principles of various Instructional Design theories and practices as well as Adult Learning Theory and Behavior. The course then examines how each comes together to create courses, training, and professional development opportunities in the adult learning environment. Instructional Design Theories and Practices and Adult Learning Theory and Behavior are then applied so the non-traditional learner can create a course or training module utilizing understanding, skills, and best practices from each.
Credit: 3
ORGLD 406 - SYSTEMS THEORY AND HUMAN CAPABILITY
Prerequisite: Junior/Senior Status
Learning to see organizations as complex and dynamic systems is fundamental for professionals who aspire to lead those organizations. This course will provide an overview of select theories of systems as these pertain to complex social organizations (cybernetics, organic, cognitive/computational, social resource allocation) and an understanding of the basic building blocks of systems (feedback loops, stock, flow, delays, and dynamics). Applying these theories and building blocks, the learner will analyze case examples of typical problems which emerge in diverse, social organizations and identify pathways for critical examination of these problems to propose solutions within the dominant systems theories using the basic building blocks.
Credit: 3
ORGLD 412 - ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE
Prerequisite: ORGLD 101
This course provides students with applied experience in the design and delivery of leadership and organization effectiveness interventions. The focus of the course is on designing, implementing, and evaluating an intervention with a real client organization. Students will draw upon prior work and life experiences and course work to develop foundational knowledge on designing and evaluating empirically supported interventions in a new or existing organizational setting.
Credit: 3
ORGLD 415 - SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH SKILLS FOR ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS
Prerequisite: MATH 108
This course introduces the methods of scientific research utilized by social, behavioral, and business researchers. Nontraditional students will learn the essential role of research methodology for understanding, objectively processing, and predicting human behavior, social affairs, and business applications. The course explores how research questions and hypotheses are formed and tested and acquaints nontraditional students with the established ethical limitations associated with conducting research. Particular attention will focus on the complexities of correlational research, observational research, experimental research, and secondary data analysis. This course is the research skills course for the Adult Education and Professional Studies department and students will choose an area of focus for this course that aligns with the student's program of study.
Credit: 3
ORGLD 418 - ETHICAL LEADERSHIP IN WORKPLACE TRAINING
Prerequisite: ORGLD 101
Social and professional organizations and systems for adult participants have emerged in Western Civilization around a shared moral and ethical framework for interpersonal and group relationships. Laws, rules, policies, behavioral norms, standards, and expectations are guided by historic Judeo-Christian principles which normalize and acculturate behavior across many different work settings. This course will explore a diverse variety of philosophical backgrounds for understanding common ethical teaching and practices in multicultural settings.
Credit: 3
ORGLD 430 - CAPSTONE IN ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT
Prerequisite: This capstone course is designed specifically for graduating seniors that have fulfilled a minimum of 42 hours of the program requirements
The inquiry seminar is a capstone experience. The course is intended to generate critical thought, reflection, and application of organizational leadership. It will require students to develop the practice of personal reflection, especially with regard to beliefs about leadership and the integration of leadership in business and nonprofit organizations. Throughout the semester, students will draw upon their collegiate experience for ways to make meaning of how leadership is defined and how it changes over the course of time. This course will serve as the capstone that will draw upon personal leadership and collegiate context that will help students see how they can make meaningful connections with their overall academic experience and their professional future.
Credit: 3